Hello - sprouting potatoes in my cupboard - can I plant these?

[bigcometobedeyes]

I am new to this board and a complete novice to gardening. I am intending to plant my first veg this season.

This morning I have found dome potatoes in my cupboard with 1 inch sprouts on them - can these be planted?

go for it.

i have,

in fact i have had potatoes growing in compost - from the peelings.

i found some in my compost too but I'm not going to dig em out and eat 'em! (urgh!) I will leave them for the worms! I also have some sprouting ones though - can I just chuck them in a planter? How deep? Is it warm enough outside yet?

i have put my potatoes in garden sacks and have put out earlies and charloote...just hoping for the best

Sorry Gardeningmum05 when you say put out do you mean planted? Sacks?

You see my potatoes have been kept in a cloth bag (special one!) in a cupboard. They are bog standard from asda I think - should I 'chit them'

But since this morning I have been to local garden center and bought seed compost and DS (3) and I have sown 6 dwarf beans and 6 courgettes and just bunged some carrots seeds in. All in those pots that plant into ground.

I also bought a bag of seed potatoes I have put these in small cardboardey pot things to 'chit them' but some of these have 4 inch purple sprouts on them with small green leaves.

OMG Dont want to think about the digging I have just committed to doing now....

sorry, yes i mean planted, but i have them in a sheltered spot. i got my potato sacks from a local garden centre £5 each and you just plut your chitted potatoes in 6" compost and cover slightly with compost, then when the plants start to peek over the top of the compost you add a layer of compost, and you keep doing this until the compost is near the top.
i have seen these sacks advertised in gardening magazines too.
you can get 3 for £14.95 from suttons.co.uk/bargain potato
and if you quote product no 220160 and ref. code AJF9 you get 15 seed potatoes free.
hope this helps

i really should check my spelling before posting!

hey grdening mum thanks for that info - I am off to order some right now! (wish e luck, I have not grown anything in a garden since some geraniums when I was 7 and they died!)

good luck, i am only a novice, trying loads of new stuff this year, caulis, courgettes, garlic, radish. done pots. and lettuce before and tomatoes, really easy

You certainly can, and I have in the past, but you may get better, more disease-free yields from specially grown "seed potatoes". Have fun! Potatoes are one of the best things to grow - very easy, and if your kids are anything like mine, you'll get through a lot of them!

I grew my ones from Tesco last year, they were brill (think I they might have even been value ones)

get them out there! i couldnt wait.. mine been in a week now, in a sheltered spot. if frost is forcast just cover soil with newspaper . mine had only sprouted about an inch and can see the shoots peeping over the 1st layer of compost already
going to put some charlotte potatoes in this weekend.cant wait!! god how sad am i

Oh my seed pots that I bought are longer than this I need to get them out there! Willorder some of them bag things, love the idea of no digging!

bigcometobedeyes...spent the afternoon in the garden. got a top tip for you which i found in a gardening mag. instead of buying potato bags, use old compost bags turned inside out. just roll down to about a third add 6" of compost then your potatoes and when you see them sprouting roll the bag up abit and add a layer of compost...cheap as chips! parden the pun
i have done one this afternoon with my son and wrote his name on the bag so their his,hes very proud.
you can also use heavy duty rubbish sacks apparantly.
also planted some onion sets. 50 for £1.25 from wilkinsons, planted them in deep pots..

cheers its my turn this afternoon!

Wilkinsons are doing potato bags too- I've bought some to try this year.

You get 3 for £3.99.

wow, thats great value i paid £5 each for mine. they are a great idea though,and seem to work. just put another layer of compost on because they were sprouting through.
i have lupins coming through now that i potted 2 weeks ago-great, god how sad am i